Ragnhild Hennum

Ragnhild Helene Hennum (born 11 June 1967) is a Norwegian jurist, academic administrator and women's rights leader. She is Professor of Public Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law and Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. Hennum served as Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo, the university's second highest official, 2014–2017. She previously served as the university's Vice-Rector 2009–2014. Hennum's research fields are criminal law, criminal procedure and sociology of law, and she is a specialist on child sexual abuse, sexual violence in general and forced marriage.[1] She is President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby, the umbrella organisation for the Norwegian women's movement.

Professor

Ragnhild Hennum
Pro-Rector of University of Oslo
In office
2014–2017
Preceded byRuth Vatvedt Fjeld
Succeeded byGro Bjørnerud Mo
President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byGunhild Vehusheia
Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byInga Bostad
Personal details
Born (1967-06-11) 11 June 1967
ProfessionLaw professor

Career

Hennum earned her cand.jur. (LL.M.) degree at the University of Oslo in 1991 and her doctorate at the same university in 1999. She was employed by the University of Oslo Faculty of Law as a researcher, research fellow, postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor from 1992 to 2003. She became Associate Professor of Public Law in 2004 and Professor of Public Law in 2007, both at the Department of Public and International Law. In 2009 she was appointed by newly elected Rector Ole Petter Ottersen as Vice-Rector of the university, and continued in this office following Ottersen's reelection in 2013; in 2014 she became Pro-Rector, the deputy of the Rector and the university's second highest official.[2] In 2018 she became Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.[3]

She chaired the Royal Commission on Compensation for Victims of Violence (Voldsoffererstatningsutvalget), appointed by the King-in-Council in 2015, which presented Norwegian Official Report 2016: 9 Rettferdig og forutsigbar – voldsskadeerstatning and proposed a new statute on compensation for victims of violence.[4][5] She was a member of the Royal Commission on Rape (Voldtektsutvalget) appointed in 2006[6] and the Royal Commission on the Use of Juries in Criminal Proceedings (Juryutvalget) appointed in 2010.[7]

Hennum has been chair of the board of the University of Oslo's subsidiary company Unirand, a board member of Oslo Science Park and a deputy member of the board of the legal information service Lovdata. She is chair of the board of Oslo Women's Shelter.[8] In 2017 she was elected President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby.[9]

References
  1. Ragnhild Hennum, University of Oslo
  2. Leadership team, University of Oslo
  3. Ragnhild Hennum ansatt som midlertidig direktør for Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter
  4. Utvalg foreslår ny lov om voldsskadeerstatning, Government of Norway
  5. Voldsoffererstatningsutvalget, Government of Norway
  6. Offisielt fra statsråd 1. september 2006, Government of Norway
  7. Offisielt fra statsråd 21. mai 2010, Government of Norway
  8. Annual report 2015 for Oslo Krisesenter
  9. Ragnhild Hennum ny leder i Norges kvinnelobby, Norwegian Women's Lobby
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